Monthly Archives: February 2009
In which yours truly saves the newspapers
Can Newspapers Survive? is the topic of my latest RealClearPolitics.com column, which, among other things, tackles the $64,000 question: how do you get people to pay for stuff they read online? I have an answer. Maybe. Walter Isaacson, former … Continue reading
Filed under journalism, media
The morality of bailouts: A solution?
Lately, there has been a lot of discussion of the moral aspect of anti-crisis measures that, in effect, allow people to get away with bad or at least irresponsible behavior — specifically, bailing out homeowners who took out mortage loans … Continue reading
Filed under economy, moral issues
Russian headline of the year
Remember this story? Vladimir Putin supposedly shooting a female Siberian tiger with a tranquilizer gun during a visit to a wildlife preserve, saving a TV crew that just happened to be nearby, and then helping measure its teeth and outfitting … Continue reading
Filed under Putin, Russia, Russia bloggers
Defending motherhood from straw men (or women)
This caught my eye of National Review‘s blog, The Corner: Momma Mia!: The Case of Candace Parker [Kathryn Jean Lopez] A married 22-year-old is subject to scorn for embracing motherhood. The link is to a column by Colleen Carroll Campbell, … Continue reading
Filed under antifeminism, feminism, motherhood, women's sports
Finally, a Putin-Medvedev rift?
The Washington Post reports that there may be trouble in the Kremlin’s two-tsar show. The signs: Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the revision of a Vladimir Putin-backed bill expanding the definition of treason; has reportedly prevented the Putin-sought sacking of … Continue reading
Filed under Dmitry Medvedev, Russia, Vladimir Putin
One way to unclench a fist
What was that about stopping the “drift” in U.S.-Russian relations? My column at RealClearPolitics.com looks at the latest — Russia’s heavy-handed push to get (or, to be exact, bribe) Kyrgyzstan to shut down a U.S. air base essential to U.S. … Continue reading
Filed under Russia, Russian-American relations
